My wife & I sailed on 9/14/17, 1st time on Wind Spirit, but our 5th Windstar cruise. Room 140.

I feel that this had to be the absolute best way to visit these islands. You’re given just the right amount of time at each stop to visit and to grab an excursion. Then back to the ship.

The ship – Wind Spirit – is showing its age in certain spots, but it’s still a great ship. The layout is very easy to navigate. The pool, gym, and casino are very small but surprisingly they were each able to accommodate everyone. The pool is just for a quick dip to cool off. The gym was just big enough to keep me doing a little something – which is fine for my vacation. The Casino has only 2 tables, I knew this, but only has 1 dealer… so only 1 table is ever open. But it’s all we needed. The entertainment was fine – consisting of a 2-person group. They were nice, friendly, always happy, and would play requests. The meals were all very good – especially Candles (it was our 1st time to eat outside at this venue). Candles has a grill setup by the pool and they prepare everything right there (I guess). Anyway I thought it was better than eating inside, but indoors at Amphora was very good too. I did hear 1 guy say that he thought everything was a little bland …. But he was always kind of grumpy, and I totally disagreed with him. Getting on and off the ship were always simple. The only long waiting period was day 1 during registration – a computer quit working and the guys using them aren’t PC experts so it took a while to reboot his. During sail away they did play the typical music and let the sails down each time (I think). That part is always nice. Read more